Child&#39;s carrier and sleeper.



E. 8.81 M. P. FARRER.

CHILD'S CARRIER AND SLEEPER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 1916.

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CHILD'S CARRIER AND SLEEPER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14. 1916.

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' nMMAc. BARBER Am) MATHEW r. PARKER, or LOBDSBURG, new MEXICO.

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. To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, EMMA C. FARRER 7 and MATHEW P. FARRER, citizens of the United States, residing at Lordsburg, in

the county of Grant and State of New Mexico, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Childrens Carriers and Sleepers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for sup porting a childs bed or, hammock from a stationary support, for instance the back of the seat in a railway car, automobile, or other vehicle, or to the backs of two chairs, and has for one of its objects to simplify and improve the construction and increase the efi'iciency and utility of devices of this invention Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved device applied to the back of a conventional railway car seat; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 1s a plan v ew ofthe parts I shown in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 4: is an en-,

larged perspective view of one of the suspension members or hangers; Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the hammock supporting arms and its attachments.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved device comprlses suspension devices spaced apart and including a body portion 10 having a hooked upper end 11 to engage over the support, forinstance the back 12 of the seat of an ordinary railway car, and a rod-like lower portion 13. Two of the members 10 will be employed and spaced apart a distance corresponding to the size or length of the hammock or other receptacle which is employed. EX- tending between the hangers 10 is a brace or stay device formed in two sections 14-r14= telescopically arranged and provided with terminal sockets 15-15 slidably engaging.

the vertical portions 'of 'the members 10.;

I Specification of Letters Paten -f Patented l ec. 26 1916; 7 Application fiieaiviarch 14,1916. SerialNo. 84,190. l

members 10 maybe adjusted any distance apart and'firmly held in their adjusted position. Slidably disposed upon each of the rod portions113 is'a sleeve 16 from which an arm 17 extends and, terminating in a hook 18 to receive the suspension ring 19 of a hammock 20. p The arms .17, together with their hooks 18, will be constructed in rights and lefts, as illustrated in Fig. 1 and directed toward each other. The sleeves 16 are each provided with a thumb screw 21 to enable them to be adjustably coupled to therod portions 13 vof the hangers, to enable the hammock to be adjusted verticallywithin the range of the portions 13. Depending from each of the arms 17 is a leg member, comprising an upper rod 22 and a lower tubular section 23 in which the rod 22 is adjustably supported and held at any required point by a thumb screw 24.

If found necessary, brace devices 25 will be pivotally united at 26 to the arms 17 and provided at their outer ends with aclip device 27 engaging the stay member 14: and clamped thereon by a thumb screw 28. By this means, the inward strain exerted;

upon the arms 17, when weight is applied to the hammock will be counteracted.

The improved device will be found very I convenient for use by travelers with small children toenable the child to be supported while sleeping, and thus relieve the at parts can be compactly arranged when not in use and carried in asmall hand bag or valise and quickly set up, when desired.

The hookportions 11 will bea s thin as possible consistent to the strains to which they will be subjected, and being located near the end portions of the seat will not interfere with the occupants of the seat to the back of which the device is attached.

The sleeves 16 fitting the rounded portions 18 of the hangers, the arms 17 may be turned in longitudinal alinement with the stay device 1 l14 when not in use, to occupy less space.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the class described comprising hangers spaced apart and adapted to engage a support, a stay member connecting said hangers, an arm extending late erally from each of said hangers and adapted to support a hammock device, and braces connecting said arms to sa1d stay member.

2. A device of the class described comprising hangers spaced apart and adapted to engage a support, a stay member connecting'said hangers, an arm extending laterally from each of'said hangersandrota-v tive thereon and adapted to support a hammock device, braces between sald stay member and arms, means for clamping said arms to said supports, and a leg device depending from the free end of each of said arms. 3. A device of the class described comprising hangers spaced apart and adapted to engage *a support, a stay member connecting said hangers, an arm extending from each of said hangers and rotative thereon and adapted to support a hammock device, and means'for clamping said arms to said hangers. I y

In testimony whereof We afiix-our signatures. 7 v EMMA G. FARRER. [Lt s]. MATHEW P. FARRER. [as] Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Cpmmissionerof Patents,

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